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U.S. EX REL. BERKOWITZ v. AUTOMATION AIDS, INC.

No. 17-2562.

896 F.3d 834 (2018)

UNITED STATES EX REL. Jeffrey BERKOWITZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AUTOMATION AIDS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 25, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Hergott , Attorney, Linda Wyetzner , Attorney, Behn & Wyetzner , Chartered, Chicago, IL, H. Vincent McKnight, Jr. , Attorney, Cleveland Lawrence, III , Attorney, John Wesley McKnight , Attorney, Sanford Heisler, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Adelicia R. Cliffe , Attorney, Brian Tully McLaughlin , Attorney, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, Sabena Auyeung , Attorney, Stephen H. Pugh , Attorney, Pugh, Jones & Johnson P.C., Chicago, IL, Ming Yuan Zhou , Attorney, Crowell & Moring LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Automation Aids.

Kevin P. Shea , Attorney, Nixon Peabody LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee A&E Office and Industrial Supply.

Christopher Michael Loveland , Attorney, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, Washington, DC, David Mitchell Poell , Attorney, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Support of Microcomputers Associated.

Christopher B. Mead , Attorney, London & Mead, Washington, DC, Steven M. Kowal , Attorney, K&L Gates LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Aprisa Technology LLC.

Richard C. Landon , Attorney, Gray Plant Mooty, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellee United Office Solutions, Inc.

Brian Tully McLaughlin , Attorney, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, Sabena Auyeung , Attorney, Stephen H. Pugh , Attorney, Pugh, Jones & Johnson P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Caprice Electronics, Inc.

David J. Chizewer , Attorney, Goldberg Kohn Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges, and Griesbach, District Judge.

Relator Jeffrey Berkowitz filed a qui tam complaint against nine separate defendants, alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3730. The defendants moved to dismiss Berkowitz' third amended complaint for failure to state a claim. The district court granted the defendants' motions and dismissed...

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